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DERHAM ESTATE

435 Pa. 590 (1969)

Derham Estate.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Littleton W. Roberts, Jr., with him Harold D. Greenwell, and Greenwell, Porter, Smaltz & Royal, for appellant.

John J. Lombard, Jr., with him Richard V. Zug, David F. Maxwell, and Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, November 11, 1969:

The basic question in this case is when the principal vested.

At the audit of the third and final trustee's account in the Estate of Christina M. Derham, Helen M. Derham, the widow of Philip A. Derham, who was a deceased son of the testatrix, filed a claim for a one-fifth interest in the principal and income of the trust. The balance of principal for distribution...

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